Phillips, the former head coach at Denver and Buffalo who also had interim stints in New Orleans and Atlanta, said he had a “very encompassing talk” with Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones. Phillips has a 48-39 coaching record.

Jones also plans to talk to San Francisco offensive coordinator Norv Turner, a former head coach for Washington and Oakland, and New Orleans defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs. Both are former Dallas assistants.

Gibbs was scheduled to interview today. Turner is coaching at the Senior Bowl today, and his interview will be later.

While Phillips didn’t get a timetable from Jones about when a decision would be made, Phillips said, “it would not be a long, drawn-out process.”

On Thursday, the Cowboys added Jason Garrett to their coaching staff in an unspecified role, but said he would remain a candidate for the head coaching job.

The team said Garrett’s responsibilities and title wouldn’t be determined until Parcells’ replacement was hired, but he’s expected to be offensive coordinator if he’s not head coach.

Garrett, the backup to Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman on two Super Bowl-winning teams in Dallas from 1993-99, was quarterbacks coach in Miami the past two seasons – his only coaching experience.

NEWARK, N.J. – The price of the new football stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets has risen by $600 million to $1.4 billion.

“Costs continue to go up,” said Alice McGillion, a spokeswoman for New Meadowlands Stadium Corp., a company that represents the team owners.

The teams awarded a contract to Swedish construction company Skanska AB, which said Friday it had received a $998 million order to design and build the open-air stadium at the Meadowlands sports complex in East Rutherford, N.J.

“It shows the continued momentum and we are on the timeline that we need to be for a 2010 opening,” McGillion said Friday.

The teams, which announced the joint venture in 2005, originally estimated costs at about $800 million.

Defensive tackles John Henderson and Pat Williams were selected as injury replacements for next month’s Pro Bowl.